Ben DuBose

One narrative that's been out there in the last 24, 48 hours that I don't like, there's been this talk of why aren't bigger accounts talking about it, i.e.

people in the media, big influencers on social media, and so on and so forth.

I mean, some of it is giving some deference to Kevin Durant and waiting to see his side of the story.

We're not going to have to wait much longer.

The Rockets are back in action tomorrow night, so they are going to have media availabilities.

They simply haven't in the past week because they haven't had any team activities.

So I'm pretty confident in saying that this will get addressed.

And just on a professional human level, you always want to hear both sides of the story before you rush to a conclusion.

But more than that, Paolo, my take on this is

It's not about, if true, what it says about Kevin Durant.

What we're concerned about is what it means for the Houston Rockets as a basketball team.

And that comes down to not how we feel about it, but about how the guys who allegedly were talked down about in these group chat screenshots, which, by the way, it wasn't as if KD was putting his teammates on blast.

It was meant to be a private conversation.

You can certainly question if

if he should be more discreet in who he trusts.

But it wasn't like he was using his bully pulpit to try and throw these younger guys under the bus.

But according to the screenshots with the Rockets, it was all Perinch and Goon with his shooting and defense and Jabari Smith, let's say his overall IQ, among other things that were allegedly called into question.

And in terms of what it means for the success or failure of the Rockets,

It's going to come down to how they feel about it.

And so there's so many variables that we don't know yet.